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Monday, February 23, 2009

Obituary: Lesley R. Cousins

He was born July 31, 1911, in Jerome to Joel and Estella Rash Cousins. He was an Ottumwa city bus driver for 38 years.
He is survived by four sons, Max of Washington, Iowa; Paul of El Cajon, Calif.; Jimmy of Moline, Ill.; and Terry of Cedar Rapids; three daughters, Peggy Gibson of Moravia, Mary McNeff of Bettendorf and Betty Lindsey of Lewiston, Idaho; 29 grandchildren; and a sister, Ocie Sedgewick of Centerville.

The service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Robertson-Jay Funeral Home, the Rev. Wayne Gjerde of Wesley United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Jerome Cemetery in Jerome.